#Heritage

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

BiruniKhorasan

The Afghan Persian word for hospital is "Shifa Khane" (شیفا خانه): "House of Health".The Iranian Persian word for hospital is "Bimaristan" (بیمارستان): "Place of Sickness".I think the Afghan version is

Incunabula

incunabula

This is potentially a cultural tragedy happening as we watch in horror - I know this library quite well - if it has indeed been destroyed, the losses are incalculable,

Andrew Lewis

AndrewRLewis

A THREAD on the political links between religious liberty and nationalism. In public opinion there are clear nationalist links to religious liberty, suggesting that impulses are often about the preservation

Natania Barron

NataniaBarron

1 - Welcome to #ThreadTalk, muslin edition. Muslin has been all over my feed, so let me cut to the chase: The finest fabric in human history was perfected by

William Acker

Rafumab

Vous ne le saviez peut-être pas mais jusqu'en 2016 il existait en France un quota de "gens du voyage" par commune. Il fixait une limite de domiciliation à 3% de

JUSTICE? In Kenya? What's that?

Karwaay

1. As promised @AfropolitanW and the #TravelTribe, here's a lil thread of some islands I've been to. I couldn't find many pictures. Will start with KENYA, of course, #CentralIsland in

👁 Trace Scorch 💜

TraceScorch

I am too intelligent to be doing any physical labour to make a living & this is what i actually find extraneous about life on earth.This probably sounds conceited or

Association of Anaesthetists Trainees

Anaes_Trainees

We are your @Anaes_Trainees committeeWe are elected volunteers that work to represent the trainee membership of @Assoc_Anaes We are all practicing Anaesthetists in the & We each have own

Cookie Hiponia 💖 潘安宜 🌺 Mahinakama

titacookie1974

I'm abt to watch "Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong," which appears to be a cute lil romcom, that I found thru the drop-down menu for "Asian & Pacific Islander Stories"

Portlus Glam

PortlusGlam

"As of 2014 (Senate) & 2016 (House), over half of Congress owns stock, many w/ holdings in excess of $100K in stocks alone, not to mention mutual funds & other

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

One dynamic i really love on Twitter Person: The Holocaust happened & is badLeft Twitter: wow i guess you don’t care about other genocides? It’s not even the worst one.

سَيْف

LeAlterEgo

Dah nampak beberapa kali #LathiChallenge versi Bali ni melintas kat timeline. Aku nak kongsi sikit melalui pembacaan yang watak terakhir dimainkan tu merupakan gambaran Dewi Durga, salah satu dewi dalam

Celtic Medusa Rose-FromTheGrave-ns

CMRosens

Just started a free Gothic Fiction class with @RomGothSam - looking today at types of demons in Gothic texts. Starting with interacting with the paradigms and understandings of the devil/demonic

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

All right.We have to talk about Trump, his doctors, reality being purposefully altered by Republicans, and how this represents a fascistic threat to America.For more of this disturbing history and

Gaurav Sabnis 🇮🇳🇺🇸

gauravsabnis

A most underrated PuLa speech is this from 1987 in New Jersey. He chides NRI parents for whining about their kids not learning "their" culture, music, language etc. He's like,

Dake Kang 姜大翼

dakekang

The Beijing that could have been, if Mao wasn’t so enamored of Moscow on his visit circa 1950https://twitter.com/jmchatwin/status/1293568994755129345 1/ Fun fact: I wrote a thesis paper on this topic.Beijing's city